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OTR Links 03/11/2012

Twitter Search is just amazing because it can give you real-time feedback about pretty much everything. That is, if you know how to look for it. Here is how:

Before we start I need to point out that both TweetDeck and Seesmic (my two favorite Twitter apps – with Seesmic being the #1) allows you to open special search panels, allowing you to “follow” a search term, instead of a person.

See Web 2.0 DIGITAL STORYTELLING tools below, available on the ‘Net, selected by the 2Learn.ca Provincial Team. Some of these tools may also appear in 2Learn.ca’s student sites or in the Gateways 2Learning.

Weathermob makes it easy to say something about the weather you’re in, through video, photo, comments or making a quick report by touching a couple of buttons – this is your chance to be a weatherwoman or weatherman.

here is a list of 10 sites that are not only kid-friendly, but kid-cool, too. They are full of interactive games, activities and projects that will keep your children busy for hours. Many of them are award-winning, and even educational, (but shh, don’t tell the kids.)

Educators are giving YouTube — long dismissed as a storehouse of whimsical, time-wasting and occasionally distasteful videos — another look. As Google, YouTube’s parent company, fine-tunes a portal that lets schools limit students’ access to selected content, the video-sharing Web site is gaining popularity as a trove of free educational materials.

Home networks can be great or they can be a huge pain in the butt. Set aside some time this weekend to fix your annoying network issues, boost your Wi-Fi reception, and add some great new features. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Earlier this week Apple released iOS 5.1 for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad with little of the usual fanfare; uncharacteristically the update was mentioned only in passing at Apple’s iPad Event on Wednesday and no discussion or preview of its new features was provided beyond the introduction of Japanese support for Siri.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been quietly rolling out a major redesign of the Dropbox website. Today we turned it up to 11, and anyone who signs into dropbox.com will see a simpler, more powerful, and more beautiful web experience. Here’s what we came up with:

As more and more teachers seek out rich technological resources to enhance their instruction, the digital community is responding with a growing array of tools and content. Now, YouTube has launched an online channel specifically designed for teachers where users can upload, watch, and share videos for free.

One-to-one technology has the power to revolutionize virtually any classroom, but language arts classrooms may see the most obvious and immediate benefits from day one. Let’s take a look at a few of the dramatic improvements 1:1 technology can make in the areas of reading and writing.

Traveling and unable to speak the local language? No se preocupes (don’t worry)! Microsoft researchers have developed a program that will recognize and record your voice then translate it into another language for you.